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WETHERSFIELD — Nick Ahmed's career appeared to have hit a dead end in 2013. He hit .163 in April and .113 in May in Double A, that key breakthrough level on the road to the big leagues. But he never took his hitting struggles to the field. He played signature shortstop — he was eventually named the Gold Glove fielder for all of minor league baseball — and he never gave in. He hit .290 the rest of that season. "I always found the best way to coach Nick was to tell him, 'You can't,'" said Jim Penders, who coached Ahmed at UConn. "He'd want to know who said that, he'd show 'em." Ahmed kept right on hitting at Triple A...

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